Firecracker pistol



sPL 5, 1938. s. G. ANTHONY 2,129,042

. FIRECRACKER PISTOL Filed may 1v, 1937 Patented Sept.2 6, 1938 serasPATENT OFFICE l Claim.

This invention relates to iirecracker pistols, and has for one of itsobjects the production of a simple and emcient toy pistol which is soconstructed as to throw a lighted iirecracker with a fair degree ofaccuracy when discharged or ejected from the pistol. f

A further object of this invention is the production of a recrackerpistol for lighting the fuse of a iirecracker and then forcibly ejectingthe lighted iirecracker by drawing the recracker longitudinally of atrackway formed of parallel rods arranged in transverse triangularrelation spaced at a proper distance to hold the recracker upon thetraclrway and allow the recracker to freely slide thereon. i

Other objects and advantages of this invention will appear throughoutthe following specification and claim.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a side elevation partly in section illustrating my improvedflrecracker pistol;

Figure 2 is c. longitudinal sectional View taken on line 2-2 of Figurel, certain parts being shown in elevation;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure l is a horizontal sectional View taken on line t-d of Figure l; l

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view through the ejector casingillustrating the ejector and electing spring;`

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view taken on line S-t of Figure l;

Figure 'I is a vertical sectional view taken on line 'i--l of Figure l;

Figure 8 is a. vertical sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Figure l;

Figure 9 is a sectional perspective view of a portion of the ejectorcasing showing the mountf ing of the ejector therein;

Figure l0 is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of the trackwaythrough which the recracker is adapted to slide while being forciblyejected. y

By referring to the drawing it will be seen that I5 designates thehandle or grip portion of the pistol or gunwhich is provided with aconventional trigger guard it and this handle or grip portion l5 carriesa projecting tubular ejector casing Il extending forwardly of the handleor grip portion l5, as shown in Figure 1. This ejector casing il isprovided with a longitudinally extending slot i3 along the bottomportion thereof near its inner end through which extends a finger-pieceE3 carried by the bottom portion of the ejector 2G. The ejector 2Bpreferably comprises a rectangular hollow casing formed of metal orother suitable material and is mounted to slide on the parallellongitudinally extending .track rods 2| which are mounted within theejector casing Il, the forward ends `.f the track rods 2| being securedto the end wall 22 of the ejector casing Il and the rear ends of thesetrack rods 2| being secured to the partition disc 23 carried near therear end of the ejector casing l1. This ejector is adapted to freelyslide upon the track rods 2| both while it is being set or cocked andwhile it is ejecting the recracker, as will be hereinafter described.

A tension coil spring 2t is mounted within the ejectorcasing I1 and oneend of this tension coil spring 24 is secured, as at 25, to the forwardend of the ejector 20 by being extended through the aperture 26. Theopposite or forward end of the coil spring 24 is connected to the eye 2lof the rod 28, which rod 28 is provided with a linger loop 29 at itsouter end whereby the rod 28 may be moved longitudinally through the endwall 22 of the casing Il' and a pin 30 extended through a qsuitableaperture in the rod 28 to hold the rod 28 in a set position to increasethe tension of the spring 2t should it be desired, in this wayincreasing or decreasing the range of the pistol by adjusting thetension of the coil spring 24. Any suitable or desired means might beemployed for adjusting the tension of the coil spring 2t withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention. Th coil spring 24 is mountedso as to surround the track rods 2| and is of suiclent size to expandand contract without interference with the track rods l2| as will beobvious by considering the drawing. The ejector 20 is provided with anejector tongue formed of spring metal and indicated by the numeral 3|which ejector tongue extends rearwardly of the ejector 20 as shown inFigures 1 and 9, and extends through a slot llc formed in the top of thecasing I1, the tongue 3l having an upwardly extending spur 32 which isadapted to engage the flrecracker F. The ejector tongue 3| is providedwith an upwardly extending knob 3|a near the upwardly extending `spur 32which is adapted to engage the depressed portionlla. of the casing |1which is located near the forward end of the slot Ila in which the spur32 travels. This 'will cause the ejector tongue 3| to be depressed tothelposition shown in Figure 5 while the gun is being loaded and thefirecracker F is being placed in position and hold the spur 32 out ofthe path of the movement of the nrecracker F during the process ofloading. As the gun is cocked, and the ejector 20 is moved rearwardly,the tongue 3| -will snap up to its normal position shown in .Figure lfor engagement with. the firecracker. The ejector 20 is also providedwith a rigid cocking bar 34, the bar 34 projecting rearwardly of theejector 20 and having a'notch 35 formed in its under face and aninclined bot tom wall 36 adjacent the no tch 35.

A trigger 31 is pivotally secured to a spring latch 38, which latch isanchored, as at 39, with-

